Fish lure



March 26, 1935. F B. JENNlNGs 1,995,985

FISH LURE Filed Sepf. 2l, 1933 ,10 also includes means whereby a bait of desired the water, only a slight vportion lof "the'barb'zflz, 'm` y Patented Mae/26,1935` p e .Lge-5591855" Application september,zngieseifsenaiNe. 69114941 l f 2 claims. (cifra-fee) y n This inventionrelates to fish lures and has for the other, and the spinner'supporting member I4 aniimportant object 'thereof the provision of a will not move relative to eitherjofgthestwo hooks. lure which is constructed to closely simulatea'n 'I he` hooks 10 andl 17 are'pa'rtiaHy "o r ,substan-y insect' inthe form of a flyor the` like, in action, ytially covered by means of hair or fiber members color and shape. Y y 2 z2vand 23.` The bermembers 23 are securedvas '5 Anotherobject of this invention is toV provide by a' Wrapping such as threadjstrinfg or the like a lure of this type vwhich is exceedingly simple 24:` to the periphery olf theishankvll of thejhoolgw, inconstruction and includes not only means simand the free ends oftherlbers 23 substantially ulatingfan insect such as a ifly'orthe like, butv enclosethe barb 12 so that when the lure'jis' in character may be mounted on the lure. willbe'expose'd. t I t e The above and various other .objects and ad- The :bers or hair 22 are secured about the' vantages of this invention will in part be deupper or inner end Aof the shank lland also' scribed and in part be understood from the folabout the shank 19 of the hook 17 as by wrapping lowing detailed description of the present preor string 25.'y The free ends of the bersor hair 15 ferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in 22` extend about the` barb 20y after the manner the accompanyingA drawing wherein: Y of the fibers 23 so as to partially hide or enclose Figure 1 is a detail rear elevation of a lure the barb 20. This barb 20 is adapted toreceive constructed according tothe preferred embodia bait of suitable character which. will ybe ex-v ment of this invention. f posed 4through the ibers or hair 22 so as ,to 20 Figure 2 is a longitudinal section partly in deattract the desired sh. n p *y tail ofthe lure with the insect simulating means 'Ihe spinner supporting arms 16 of the mein# removed from the hooks. I ber 14 -have attached at their outer endsy one Figure 3 is a front elevation partly broken portion 26.01 a swivel, and thisswivel portion 26,-` y l, away of a modified form `of this lure. in the'present instance, is preferably fixed rela'- 2x5 ,e

Figure 4 is a side elevation ofthe T-shaped tive tothe arm 16. A spinner 427 issecured/to spinner supporting member removed from the anotherpOltOl 28 0f the SW-Velby means'. of a.' hook structure. ring 29. Each arm 16-has a spinner 27 tswivelly.,

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerattachedk thereto, as shown in Figure 1 of the y, als of reference indicate corresponding parts drawing, and each Spinner kmay be relatively' 30- throughout the several.. v'iews,' the numeral 10 transparent and vcolored or may be solid i and designates generally a fish hook, includingy a light reliecting and also coloredto reflect light shank 11, a barb 12 and an eye 13. A Tlf-shaped rays of various colors. f Y l' n spinner supporting member, generally'designated y In Figure 3, there is disclosed a modiiied form- 35 as 14, has the `stem 15 'thereofL secured to the of this Structure wherein the hook 10 isprovided 35v *f of the shank 11;

shank 11 `of the hook 10 at a point intermediate with a spinner supporting member r14 secured v the eye 13, and the barb .12 and the cross arms vthrough the eye 13 of the hook- 10 after the;y 16 of the spinner supporting member 14 are dismanner of y the spinner supporting member 14;A y j posed at substantially right angles tothe length which is secured to the hook 17. 'I'he hook v1Q? ,n T, l

` i .Y has disposed thereabout hair. or iiber members 40v p The spinner supporting member,jin the pres- 23 held in position by means of 'a wrapping in the Y v ent instance, as shown in Figure 2, has the stem `form of string orthread 24'.l A second h'air or b 15 thereof projected through a bait holding hook fiber structure 22 is secured to` the hook 1u 1`7, and the stem 15 is extended through the adjacent the upper or inner end thereof by means mi eye 18`of this hook 17 and interposed between ofwrapping 25. Theoppositely extending cross-,'45 -r 4 the shank 11 of the hook 10 and the shank 19 of arms 16 of the spinner supportingmember 14" f, g v

the hook 17. The barb 20 of the hook 17 is dishave attached thereto one portion of a swivelv 26 posed reversely from the barb 12 of the hook 10 and a Spinner 27 S SWVellY Secured? t0 the and, in the present instance, the hook 17 is relaswivel element 26 by means of a rotatable swivel tively shorter in length than the hook 10. member 28` which is connectedto one endof ythe, v50j' The hooks 10 and 17 and the stem 15 ofthe spinner 27 by means of armg 29s'. i f spinner supporting member 14 are secured to- In the'use of this device, where 1t'y is desired;A

gether, 'as shown in' Figure 2, by means of solder to use a bait in addition to the lureshown in l 21 or other suitable securing means, so that the Figure l, the baitmay be mounted on'thelvbait v55, two hooks 10 and 17 willA not move one relative to, hook 17 and the eye 13k engaged with .lone end of. 55 ,v

The lure is then drawn slowly through the water and will be maintained on a substantiallyeven or horizontal plane by means of the spinners 27 which are constructed in a manner to simulate the wings of an insect whichl it is desired to 4simulate by means of the fibers 22 and 23. As shown in the drawing, the swivel structure including the members 26 and 2'8 are disposed obliquely to the length of the arms 16 so as tomaintainthelspinners or wingmembers 27 thefciesireddistane, away from thehooks 17 and 10. In this manner, the spinners 27 will not'interfere with the visibility of the bait on the hook 20. The f device.v herein disclosed, `,Wliere used with bait on the hook 17, is of a sirel such that when the sh attempts to remove the bait` from the hook 17, the fish will at the same, time grasp thev barb 1 2 of the hook-10 andwill. thereby be caught on the hook 10. Where it is `not de-` sired to Yuse bait in addition to the imitation iiy 1or insect, the embodimentl disclosed in Figur l.Sfcanfbe used and in this structure', the lure isfmoye'd slowlythrough the water and the spin- 1i`e'rgj2'1"` will bev ypermitted to move after'` the manner ofthe wings of the fly or insect andfc'an also rot'ate, andmasthese members 27 are pre1?-y er'ably highly polished so as to reect light rays,

prneyjwiu'att'ract' th'eattenuonfof the fish.

,It is, .of course, understood thatvvarious changes andfmodications may bemade inthe details of vconstruction and design vof the above 'specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing` from the spirit` thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted' only by the scope of the following claims. ,Y

; What is claimed isz- Y 1. A lure as set forth comprising in combina.-

'tion, a Vpair of Ahooks disposed in opposed relation, means disposed about the Shanks of the hooks' to simulate the body of an insect, said means partially covering,thebarbso,v the hooks, a Tlshaped spinner supportin .member-"having fof the hooksand between the shanks thereof, a pair of spinner members, and obliquely disposed means*` for swivellyi mounting the rspinner members on the outer ends of thespinnersupporting vmember.

the stem portion thereof projected through the eye yof one of the hooks and extending longitudinally 2 A lure as set forth ycomprising a relatively l large hook; a relatively small hook disposed in opposedv relation to theerst hook, av fri-shaped spinner supporting member having Vthe stemzfportion thereof projected through eye of @the f second hook and disposed between. .the tw hooks,

means for securing the hooks andtheespirmer supporting member ,together,-;and ,spinners` carried bythe outer ends of` the 'spinnerqsupporting move, ndependenjtlyfef {hmm-st ,andwsecond hooks.` i A memberin a manner whereby said -spinnersimay f 

